Sixteen full-color paintings of compassionate women combine with enchanting prose to inspire readers to see and become the embodiment of mercy.

"The husband who watches beside the hospital bed of his wife. He says nothing; he holds her hand as he has for two weeks.... The protestor who takes a deep breath and steps across the line at the nuclear weapons plant, thinking, If I go to jail, I go to jail. But I can't let conscience lie down and ... (more)